Filed To Story: The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)
Maybe it was okay to let him think that.
Martin Weiss gazed at Kyla for a while before saying, “Rest first. I’ll take care of the hospitalization procedures for you.”
After he left the ward, the silence made Kyla smile bitterly.
“…Perhaps it’s best to let you continue to forget about it. That way, if anything happens to me, you’ll still be alive and well…” she murmured as her hands rested on her bulging belly.
The fate of her and the unborn child remained unknown. Good things or bad things might happen in the blink of an eye.
However, at least Martin Weiss, who had forgotten his feelings for her, would not risk his own life for her and their children anymore.
It was the choice she made, so she did not regret it!
Just then, Kyla’s phone on the bedside table rang. She looked at the phone to see that it was a phone call from Chase Harper.
As soon as she answered the phone, Chase Harper said anxiously, “Kyla, is this Kyla?”
“Yes, it’s me, Chase,” answered Kyla.
How are you? Are you okay?”
Kyla said, “I’m fine. I’m much better now, but I have to stay in the hospital for a few days for further observation. I’m sorry that you were misunderstood and even got involved in this matter today, Chase.”
“What are you talking about? I should be the one to apologize for causing a misunderstanding between you two. Why don’t I… explain it to Mr. Weiss?” said Chase Harper.
“No thanks. I’ll explain it to him.” Kyla was worried that things would get worse if Chase Harper did it.
“Chase, you didn’t miss the train ride, did you?”
Chase Harper said, “I didn’t manage to get on the train. But since you’re alright, I’ll just get a ticket for the next train.”
Kyla felt even more guilty.
After ending the call with Chase Harper, she called her mother again. “Mom, I won’t be coming home today. Something has come up. I’ll come back in a few days.”
“Why? What happened?” Mrs. Corbyn asked nervously.
“Nothing. It’s just that I heard there’s an old doctor here who’s an authority figure on obstetrics and gynecology. I want this doctor to check on the baby and me, but it’s hard to get an appointment with the specialist. I can only go home in a few days.” She did not want to worry her mother, so she made up a random excuse.
“I see…” Mrs. Corbyn did not suspect anything. “Then be careful when you go to the doctor alone!”
Kyla said, “Got it. Be careful when you take care of Nelson at home alone. If anything happens, ask Grace or Lina for help.”
“Okay, got it. My old bones can take it. I’ll be fine!” Mrs. Corbyn said.
The mother and daughter did not want each other to worry after years of supporting each other.
After ending the call with her mother, Kyla put down the phone, only feeling waves of exhaustion coming over her. Perhaps she was exhausted from all that had happened today. In just a while, she fell into a deep sleep.
After an unknown amount of time, the ward door was pushed open, and Martin Weiss entered. Looking at the sleeping Kyla, unnoticeable worry and anxiety flickered in his eyes.
He had gone to the doctor’s office when he went through the hospital admission procedures.
The doctor had looked at him and said, “Mr. Weiss, your wife isn’t doing well. According to her medical history, this is the first time she has suffered from pain like this. She has already undergone liver transplant before this. Although she’s been stable for five years, pregnancy is too risky for her, and the pain might become more frequent after this. I don’t know what the doctor at her obstetric hospital said, but I recommend an abortion.”
“What if we don’t go for an abortion?”
“With your wife’s current condition, there’s no way she can make it to 32 weeks once she’s 28 weeks along. The baby’s survival rate is low when they’re 28 weeks old. Even if they survive, they might suffer a lot of after-effects. Your wife’s body is already under a heavy load. She might not be able to make up for her health in the future even if she survives.”
The doctor was vague.
Martin Weiss understood what the doctor said. Even if the woman survived until she was seven months along and successfully gave birth, she might not live to a ripe old age.
He somehow felt a fit of pain in his heart when that idea crossed his mind.
Could she… not live until she was old and gray?
Although he had forgotten his feelings for her, those memories still existed. He still remembered how she insisted on keeping the baby in front of him!
Martin Weiss went to the bedside, bent over, and silently watched the sleeping Kyla.
She did not seem to be sleeping well. She frowned as a thin layer of sweat broke out on her forehead.
Her pale face and dry lips made her look so pitiful that it affected his emotions again.
He could not help raising his hand to wipe the sweat from her forehead.
When his hand pressed gently on her forehead, she suddenly flinched and moved her head from side to side as if she was trying to avoid it.
“Baby… I… will protect you…” she murmured, her voice sounding panicked.
‘Is she having nightmares?’ His eyes darkened slightly.
‘Does she care about the baby in her belly so much… that she’ll risk her life?’
It was not long before she uttered… “Amber Mitchell… Xi… I… I’l find you soon. I… I’ll come for you.
I… I won’t let you suffer…”
Martin Weiss’s eyes grew darker. Moments later, a mocking laugh rose from his throat.
She thought about the unborn baby and her friend Amber Mitchell even in her dreams. What place did Martin Weiss occupy in her heart, then?
He probably meant nothing to her!
If he mattered to her, she would not have chosen to separate from him so ruthlessly. She did not even give him a chance.
It was funny that he had forgotten his feelings for her, but he still seemed to be under her influence.
“Kyla, if you have the slightest affection for me, then I…” he muttered before turning away to walk out of the ward.
Staying in this ward and listening to her call out to other people would only make him more aware of how big of a failure he was.
However, right as he opened the ward door, her voice flooded into his ears again.
“Martin… I’m sorry…”
Martin Weiss suddenly came to a halt, turned his head, and
looked blankly at Kyla, who was still asleep.
‘Is she… apologizing?
‘Is she apologizing to me?
‘Is she dreaming about… me?
‘So, does that mean she still has feelings for me?’
Martin Weiss pressed his thin lips together and hesitated slightly before finally letting out a slight sigh.
He closed the ward door again and went to the bedside.
He ran his fingers gently across her lips. “Do you feel sorry for me? Have you thought about what you can do to make it up to me, then?”
However, she was still sound asleep, and what answered him was the silence of the ward.
Kyla had a long dream. She dreamt of her unborn baby and was left in fear as something tried to snatch her baby from her. She did everything she could to keep her baby.
Then, she dreamed of Amber Mitchell. Amber Mitchell was wounded all over and wailing in pain. She tried to get close to her but was stopped by one dark shadow after another.
In the end, she dreamed of Martin Weiss and everything that had happened in the past. Finally, Martin Weiss looked at her expressionlessly and said, ‘Kyla, do you regret it? I’ll forgive you if you apologize.’
She did not regret it, but she wanted him to forgive her!
She did not want him to resent and hate her…
When Kyla slowly opened her eyes, what she saw was the darkness outside the window, the light in the room, and Martin Weiss… who was sitting on the couch by the wall.
Kyla could not tell whether it was a dream or reality for a while.
Martin Weiss got up, walked over to her, and said, “You’re awake.” She immediately came back to her senses. “What… What are you doing here?”
“What’s the matter? You don’t want me here? Who do you want here, then? Chase Harper?” he asked in reply.
Kyla bit her lip. “No, I just thought… you had gone home to rest.” Instead, he was waiting in her ward.
He had no feelings for her anymore.
Martin Weiss stared at the person in front of him and slowly said, “Kyla, the doctor said that the pain will flare up again if your insist on having this baby. Are you going to insist on keeping this pregnancy until the child is seven months old?”
“Yeah. I decided to keep the baby back then, so there’s no need to think about anything else now,” she said.
“Will you insist on giving birth to the baby even if it might shorten your life? Perhaps you’ll live to be 70
or 80 without this baby, but giving birth to them can only let you live till 60,” he said.
She froze slightly before chuckling. “I think it’s pretty good to live to 60. Isn’t there a saying, ‘You’ll never know what comes first, tomorrow or an accident’? If I live to 60, my mother would have passed away by then and Nelson would be in his 30s, a fully grown adult. The baby would be 25. They would’ve graduated from university and have a stable job. Perhaps they would already be dating and have found the person they want to spend the rest
of their lives with. They’ll be alive and well even if I’m no longer around.”
She smiled as though she was content to live to 60.
She thought of her mother and her children but not him!
‘If she only lives to 60, then I…’ A panic suddenly burst in Martin Weiss’s heart.
His eyes stared intently at the person in front of him. Moments later, he finally murmured, “Kyla, I’ll give you one last chance.”
The smile on the corner of Kyla’s lips faded gradually, and she looked at them with a hint of confusion.
“I can promise to cooperate with you and give Jacqueline Bowman probation, but on the condition that… you and I will live like a normal married couple until we get divorced. We’ll divorce a year after the baby is born, as per our agreement when we got married,” said Martin Weiss.
Kyla froze, never expecting Martin Weiss to make such a request.
“Why… Why?” She did not understand it.
“I guess I just want to get what I couldn’t get before,” he said while looking at her mockingly. “People are like this sometimes. The more they can’t get something, the more they want it. And when they do get it, they might find that it’s nothing much.”
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